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The Tory Chief Whip Hasresigned...can Truss Carry On?
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Boris Johnson may be reclassified as a gateway drug.
21:44 Wed 19th Oct 2022
Gromit, They have a 76 seat majority now but if they really think they're going to retain all those Red Wall seats that Boris Johnson won for them they're sadly mistaken because they won't. Even with him still at the helm and Brexit done, a considerable number of those MPs would have been on the dole queue - but even more so now he's gone. As for being put out of our misery, a General Election (which I think must be inevitable now) won't do that either because Labour is weak, ineffectual and untrustworthy, and Conservative voters have been left out on a limb with no one to vote for. After the turmoil of the past few years the one thing the country needed was stability but the pathetic, petty, spiteful stupidity that led to the rejection of the only real leader sitting in the Commons today has created nothing but the prospect of a mish mash of a disjointed coalition mob and the on-going disillusionment and uncertainty that will inevitably produce. Utter madness!
This Boris Johnson thing...we need to avoid misremembering the recent past. Boris Johnson's approval rating tanked amongst voters.
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He'd become an election liability because the public questioned his judgement and his relationship to the truth.
The country had enough. Still popular amongst Tory activists, but you can't rely on them alone.
Johnson was (and is) an extraordinary campaigner, but he's not a great leader.
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He'd become an election liability because the public questioned his judgement and his relationship to the truth.
The country had enough. Still popular amongst Tory activists, but you can't rely on them alone.
Johnson was (and is) an extraordinary campaigner, but he's not a great leader.
TCL
I thought that too, but heard on the News Agents podcasts that MPs would have to vote to call an early election.
I've done some digging and found:
A parliamentary motion of no confidence in the Government, which can be tabled by the opposition, may also trigger an election.[i
]If it passes – which would require a simple majority of the Commons’ 650 MPs – the most likely outcome is that a general election is triggered and Parliament dissolved.[i]
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I thought that too, but heard on the News Agents podcasts that MPs would have to vote to call an early election.
I've done some digging and found:
A parliamentary motion of no confidence in the Government, which can be tabled by the opposition, may also trigger an election.[i
]If it passes – which would require a simple majority of the Commons’ 650 MPs – the most likely outcome is that a general election is triggered and Parliament dissolved.[i]
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The difference is the Opposition can use a vote of no-cofidence to begin the process to force a General election at a time beneficial to them but the PM can now call an election at any time.
From your link,
'As explained on parliament.uk, the Dissolution and Calling of Parliament Act 2022 “revived the power of the monarch to dissolve Parliament, at the request of the prime minister of the day” when it replaced the Fixed-term Parliaments Act.
Given that the monarch exercises this power at the request of the prime minister, ***this essentially means the prime minister can choose when to call a general election.'*** [emphasis added]
From your link,
'As explained on parliament.uk, the Dissolution and Calling of Parliament Act 2022 “revived the power of the monarch to dissolve Parliament, at the request of the prime minister of the day” when it replaced the Fixed-term Parliaments Act.
Given that the monarch exercises this power at the request of the prime minister, ***this essentially means the prime minister can choose when to call a general election.'*** [emphasis added]
naomi24
"SP, I'm not a 'Tory activist' but I know a lot of people who vote Tory - and I don't know one who wanted Boris to go. His departure was engineered - and not by the electorate."
Your circle of friends isn't representative of the wider electorate.
His removal was engineered because whilst he was still well-regarded amongst some Tory voters, he'd become an election liability.
"SP, I'm not a 'Tory activist' but I know a lot of people who vote Tory - and I don't know one who wanted Boris to go. His departure was engineered - and not by the electorate."
Your circle of friends isn't representative of the wider electorate.
His removal was engineered because whilst he was still well-regarded amongst some Tory voters, he'd become an election liability.
ToraToraTora
//naomi: "a General Election (which I think must be inevitable now)" - how is that inevitable? There is no way the Tories will call one now and there is no way of forcing one//
We’re in uncharted territory and no one has ever seen an implosion and catastrophe like this.
In line with all your previous questions about ‘how can they do that’ and ‘by what mechanism’ you’d be well advised to keep schtum because they all came to fruition shortly after.
Your propensity to look foolish in light of the ‘just voted for Liz’ and she’s knocking it out of the park rubbish aged well, didn’t they?
//naomi: "a General Election (which I think must be inevitable now)" - how is that inevitable? There is no way the Tories will call one now and there is no way of forcing one//
We’re in uncharted territory and no one has ever seen an implosion and catastrophe like this.
In line with all your previous questions about ‘how can they do that’ and ‘by what mechanism’ you’d be well advised to keep schtum because they all came to fruition shortly after.
Your propensity to look foolish in light of the ‘just voted for Liz’ and she’s knocking it out of the park rubbish aged well, didn’t they?
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